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The following is a list of secrets, Easter eggs and hidden trivia references in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

Easter Eggs

In the parking lot behind the Liberty Tree building in Bedford Point, there is a hidden sign, showing a handwritten message and Rockstar Leeds' signature smiley (as seen on the hidden signs in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and under the sea north of Bohan in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars). The PlayStation Portable version says: "Hello again!", while the PlayStation 2 version says "You just can't get enough of this alley, can you?". The sign can be found by jumping over the walls around the lot using a tall vehicle.
During the storyline, after some major characters are killed by Toni Cipriani, gravestones bearing their names appear in Liberty City Cemetery. Each tombstone (with the exception of Cedric "Wayne" Fotheringay) has a unique message:
- Paulie Sindacco - Viva Las Venturas baby
- Giovanni Casa - Gone...
- Joseph Daniel O'Toole - Sleeping with angels
- Roger C. Hole - Running for office in heaven
- Dan Sucho - Dead and what not...
- Vincenzo Cilli - Not so lucky after all

References to previous games

East of Belleville Park, a billboard for the film Let Me Bounce can be seen. The film stars Candy Suxxx, a porn actress from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
Advertisements for the film Sonny Forelli: A True Story can be seen throughout the city. Sonny Forelli was the primary antagonist of GTA Vice City.
Advertisements for the film The Liberty King can be seen throughout the city. The posters use the promotional artwork of Donald Love from Grand Theft Auto III.
In Bedford Point, an advertisement for Heat can be seen, which uses a screenshot of Carl Johnson, protagonist of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
An advertisement for Still Madd, an album by GTA San Andreas character Madd Dogg, can be seen outside the Portland safehouse.

Real-world references

Around Liberty City (mainly Portland), several graffiti tags of a gang known as "Bully Boys" can be seen. This could be a reference to Bully, another game made by Rockstar Games.
The Bickle'76, a modified Taxi unlocked via the Taxi Driver side-mission, is likely named after Travis Bickle, protagonist of the film Taxi Driver.
Throughout Liberty City, advertisements for a film called The Mainframe can be seen. Judging by the name and plot synopsis given in radio commercials, the film is an obvious parody of The Matrix. Interestingly, the characters on the poster are all pedestrians from GTA San Andreas.
In the mission Rough Justice, Salvatore Leone refers to Toni Cipriani as Lionel when he is dressed in the Lawyer Outfit. This could be a reference to Lionel Hutz, a lawyer in the cartoon series The Simpsons.
The Dragon Outfit is the same worn by Bruce Lee in Game of Death and by Uma Thurman in wp:Kill Bill.

Adult humor

Advertisements for the play The Third Leg can be seen throughout the city. "Third leg is slang for a long penis, which the poster depicts.

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 ==Easter Eggs==
 [[File:HiddenMessage-GTALCS.jpg|160px|thumb|The hidden message, as seen on the PSP.]]
-*In the parking lot behind the [[Liberty Tree]] building in [[Bedford Point]], there is a [[The Hidden Sign|hidden sign]], showing a handwritten message and [[Rockstar Leeds]]' signature smiley (as seen on the [[Secrets in GTA Vice City Stories#Hidden signs|hidden signs]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] and under the sea north of [[Bohan]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]). The [[PlayStation Portable]] version says: "''Hello again!''", while the [[PlayStation 2]] version says "''You just can't get enough of this alley, can you?''". The sign can be found by jumping over the walls around the lot using a tall vehicle.
+* In the parking lot behind the [[Liberty Tree]] building in [[Bedford Point]], there is a [[The Hidden Sign|hidden sign]], showing a handwritten message and [[Rockstar Leeds]]' signature smiley (as seen on the [[Secrets in GTA Vice City Stories#Hidden signs|hidden signs]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] and under the sea north of [[Bohan]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]). The [[PlayStation Portable]] version says: "''Hello again!''", while the [[PlayStation 2]] version says "''You just can't get enough of this alley, can you?''". The sign can be found by jumping over the walls around the lot using a tall vehicle.
+* During the storyline, after some major characters are killed by [[Toni Cipriani]], gravestones bearing their names appear in [[Liberty City Cemetery]]. Each tombstone (with the exception of [[Cedric Fotheringay|Cedric "Wayne" Fotheringay]]) has a unique message:
-*During the storyline, after some major characters are killed by [[Toni Cipriani]], gravestones bearing their names appear in [[Liberty City Cemetery]]. Each tombstone (with the exception of [[Cedric Fotheringay|Cedric "Wayne" Fotheringay]]) has a unique message:
+**[[Paulie Sindacco]] - ''Viva [[Las Venturas]] baby''
+**[[Giovanni Casa]] - ''Gone...''
-*[[Paulie Sindacco]] - ''Viva [[Las Venturas]] baby''
+**[[Joseph Daniel O'Toole]] - ''Sleeping with angels''
-*[[Giovanni Casa]] - ''Gone...''
+**[[Roger C. Hole]] - ''Running for office in heaven''
-*[[Joseph Daniel O'Toole]] - ''Sleeping with angels''
+**[[Dan Sucho]] - ''Dead and what not...''
-*[[Roger C. Hole]] - ''Running for office in heaven''
+**[[Vincenzo Cilli]] - ''Not so lucky after all''
-*[[Dan Sucho]] - ''Dead and what not...''
-*[[Vincenzo Cilli]] - ''Not so lucky after all''
 ==References to previous games==
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 *Advertisements for the film [[Sonny Forelli: A True Story]] can be seen throughout the city. [[Sonny Forelli]] was the primary [[antagonist]] of GTA Vice City.
 *Advertisements for the film [[The Liberty King]] can be seen throughout the city. The posters use the [[:File:DonaldLove-Artwork.jpg|promotional artwork]] of [[Donald Love]] from [[Grand Theft Auto III]].
-*In [[Bedford Point]], an advertisement for [[Heat]] can be seen, which uses a screenshot of [[Carl Johnson]], [[protagonist] of [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
+*In [[Bedford Point]], an advertisement for [[Heat]] can be seen, which uses a screenshot of [[Carl Johnson]], [[protagonist]] of [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
-*An advertisement for [[Still Madd]], an album by GTA San Andreas character [[Madd Dogg]], can be seen outside the [[Portland Safehouse (GTA LCS)|Portland safehouse]].
+*An advertisement for [[Still Madd]], an album by GTA San Andreas character [[Madd Dogg]], can be seen outside the [[Portland Safehouse|Portland safehouse]].
 ==Real-world references==
-[[File:Bully-GTALCS-graffiti.jpg|190px|thumb|right|One of the graffiti that refers to Bully.]]
+[[File:Bully-GTALCS-graffiti.jpg|190px|thumb|right|The graffiti tag of the Bully Boys.]]
+* Around [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] (mainly [[Portland]]), several graffiti tags of a gang known as "Bully Boys" can be seen. This could be a reference to [[Bully]], another game made by [[Rockstar Games]].
-===Bully===
+* The [[Bickle'76]], a modified [[Taxi]] unlocked via the [[Taxi Driver]] side-mission, is likely named after Travis Bickle, protagonist of the film [[wp:Taxi Driver|Taxi Driver]].
-Around Liberty City (mainly Portland) several graffiti of a gang known as '''Bully Boys'''. Could this be a reference to [[Bully]], another game made by [[Rockstar Games]]. The graffiti is located opposite [[Maria Latore's Apartment|Maria's apartment]] and in the Alley where Toni first meets [[Cedric Fotheringay|Wayne]] and his [[Liberty City Bikers|gang]] in [[Chinatown, Portland|Chinatown]].
+* Throughout Liberty City, advertisements for a film called [[The Mainframe]] can be seen. Judging by the name and plot synopsis given in radio commercials, the film is an obvious parody of [[wp:The Matrix|The Matrix]]. Interestingly, the characters on the poster are all pedestrians from GTA San Andreas.
+* In the mission [[Rough Justice]], [[Salvatore Leone]] refers to Toni Cipriani as Lionel when he is dressed in the [[Lawyer Outfit]]. This could be a reference to [[wp:Lionel Hutz|Lionel Hutz]], a lawyer in the cartoon series [[wp:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]].
-===Bickle'76===
+* The [[Dragon Outfit]] is the same worn by [[wp:Bruce Lee|Bruce Lee]] in [[wp:Game of Death|Game of Death]] and by [[wp:Uma Thurman|Uma Thurman]] in [[wp:Kill Bill]].
-The [[Bickle'76]] is a variant of [[Taxi]], which is faster than the regular taxi and has a very unique design with a red exterior and engine as the [[Diablo Stallion]]. The reference of this taxi is that the name is a reference to Travis '''Bickle''' of the movie [[wp:Taxi Driver|Taxi Driver]].
-[[File:TheMainFrame-GTALCS.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A MainFrame advertisement.]]
-===The Main Frame===
-In several places in Liberty City is a sign on a movie called The MainFrame is some guys who after discovering LSD: The Truth, this is a reference to the movie Matrix.
-The characters that appear on the bill are very similar to [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], such as:
-* [[Barbara Schternvart]] - (one of Carl Johnson's girlfriends) we can see to the bottom right side of the poster.
-* [[Alan Crawford]] - (ex-manager of Madd Dogg) to the left of the character of black shirt.
-* [[Sweet's Girl]] - to the bottom left side of the poster.
-* The other two characters resemble some of GTA San Andreas [[pedestrians]].
-===Lawyer Suit===
-After [[Salvatore Leone]] goes to jail, Toni Cipriani is to pose as his lawyer, using a [[Lawyer Outfit|lawyer suit]] calling Lionel, what could be a reference to [[wp:Lionel Hutz|Lionel Hutz]], a lawyer of the cartoon series [[wp:The Simpson|The Simpsons]]
-===Kill Bill===
-In GTA LCS there are several references to the movie [[wp: Kill Bill | Kill Bill]] one of them is the [[Dragon Outfit | Dragon Jumpsuit]] which is a similar outfit to the costume seen in the film . The other parody is the mission [[Crazy '69 ']], which is the same where you get the Dragon Jumpsuit.
 ==Adult humor==
-[[File:TheThirdLeg-GTALCS-advertisement.png|200px|thumb|right|The third leg advertisement in FIA.]]
+* Advertisements for the play [[The Third Leg]] can be seen throughout the city. "''Third leg'' is slang for a long penis, which the poster depicts.
-===The Third Leg===
-The third leg is a play published in posters, located in various parts of the city as:
-* In [[Francis International Airport in GTA III Era|Francis International Airport]], in the part where there are many posters, you can see the poster.
-* At the entrance to the [[Callahan Bridge]] ([[Staunton Island]] to [[Portland]]) is another sign.
-The meaning of this poster shows three legs, of which the middle one is shaped like a penis.
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